Kolkata Knight Riders have retained 12 players and released 9 players for the IPL 2026. Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, and Ajinkya Rahane were among the top retained players while Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, and Quinton De Kock were the top released players by KKR.
They have the highest purse of INR 64.30 cr for the 2026 IPL mini-auction with 13 spots to fill up.
KKR Released Players for IPL 2026
Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Luvnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje, and Spencer Johnson.
KKR Retained Players for IPL 2026
Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, and Umran Malik.
